The Red Lady

By: Katharine Newlin Burt

Narrated by: Daniela Acitelli

When Janice Gale is offered a job as a housekeeper at a country place near Pine Cone, she is grateful and looking forward to finally attaining some stability and peace. The last thing Janice expects is to become involved in the search for stolen Russian jewels. To further complicate matters, Janice finds herself dangerously attracted to Paul Dabney, the charming and suspicious houseguest.

If you love a good old-fashioned mystery complete with trap doors, strange guests, and frightening apparitions, you'll love The Red Lady.

Public Domain (P)2015 Daniela Acitelli

Great story, and wonderful narration

I was hooked on this one since I read the synopsis, and it did not disappoint! The story was intriguing from beginning to end, and the narrator performed it beautifully!!

Classic gothic tale gets needed audio update!

Any additional comments?

The Red Lady is a classic short story that was written almost 100 years ago by Katharine Newline Burt. This book is written in a gothic first-person style with mysterious apparitions, strange events, and even a suspicious death. And its language and dialog is very similar to what a reader might find today in another book in this genre.

The story revolves around Janice Gale who is a new housekeeper at a country estate in the Southern United States (I pictured South Carolina while I was listening). After most of the house staff quit after repeatedly seeing ghosts, Janice becomes suspicious of the “ghost” and begins an investigation into the strange happenings around the manor house. It turns out this “ghost” is searching for lost Russian jewels. To complicate matters, Janice falls for one of the houseguests, who believes she has a split personality disorder because the ghost looks just like her!

I listened to the Audible version of this audiobook narrated by Daniela Acitelli who did an admirable job. I received a copy of this audiobook in exchange for an honest unbiased review.

The Red Lady

Considering that this book was written in the 1920's,I will cut it some slack on the stereotypical black slaves.I can't do the same for Daniela Acitellis performnace of the stereotypical slaves and the Russian man.They were horrendous.The story was a semi good one,but drawn out a bit too long.I was given this book free by the author,narrator or publisher.

Great performance!

A lovely gothic romance published in 1920. Not the best, but very entertaining. Excellent narrative performance of a classic!

Entertaining mystery

If you could sum up The Red Lady in three words, what would they be?

atmospheric, creepy, mysterious.

What did you like best about this story?

I loved the overall gothic feel to the mystery.

What about Daniela Acitelli’s performance did you like?

I loved Daniela Acitelli's performance of The Red Lady. I liked her accent, expression and tone of voice which I thought complemented the historical nature of the novel. She does a good job of voicing the characters and I would certainly listen to more books narrated by her.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Yes, this book is best listened to is one or two sittings in order to feel the overall creepiness of the setting and to enjoy the mystery unfold.

Any additional comments?

I received a copy in exchange for an honest review.